January 14, 2011

With Return of the Jedi; now the circle is complete!

My girlfriend and I just finished watching Return of the Jedi. She liked the Ewoks (especially the baby Ewoks). Then there was the whole brother-sister thing; that was interesting…

She was confused by the end with: “How can Hayden Christensen be in this movie? Was he even born when it come out?” (I paraphrased that last line)

Even as a brand new Star Wars fan, she STILL prefers the pre-Special Edition movies. Unfortunately, the SE DVDs are the ones we watched. However due to she and I having different work schedules, we had to see Empire in two parts. The good news is the local library had a dvd set of Empire Strikes Back that had on dvd both the SE on original versions! So we saw the second half of Empire as it should be seen.

We will be watching the trilogy again soon at a more convenient pace. I want her comfortably familiar with the original trilogy before we see the other movies and shows.

BTW
Hayden Christensen was born April 19 1981, while Return of the Jedi was first released on 25 May 1983.